Sam Solecki is a professor of English at the University of Toronto and a former editor of "The Canadian Forum".He is also editor of "Beyond Remembering: The Collected Poems of Al Purdy, Starting from Ameliasburgh: The Collected Prose of Al Purdy" and "Rooms for Rent in the Outer Planets: Selected Poems 1962-1996". His most recent books are "Ragas of Longing: The Poetry of Michael Ondaatje" and "The Last Canadian Poet: An Essay on Al Purdy".